ISSN 1608-7143 OECD Journal on Budgeting Volume 7 – No. 1 © OECD 2007 Improving Public Sector Efficiency: Challenges and Opportunities by Teresa Curristine‚ Zsuzsanna Lonti and Isabelle Joumard* This article examines key institutional drivers that may contribute to improving public sector efficiency and focuses on one of them in more detail: performance information and its role and use in the budget process (“performance budgeting”). * Teresa Curristine is a Policy Analyst in the Public
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Q: Things that I would like to improve about my physical health and how I’m going to do it. Maintaining a physically healthy life style is very beneficial although‚ something so easy to do is often seen as a struggle for many. I personally would consider my physical health to be satisfactory. It is believed when an individual is able to recognize their defaults change is able to arise. By identifying with the negative factors that hinder me from obtaining my optimal physical health I will
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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An Introductory Client-Intake Interview Joyce Ladson Everest University Online Paralegal Today-18 March 1‚ 2012 While I conduct this Introductory Client-Intake Interview‚ I will think about the experiences I had when I was interviewed. By thinking of my experiences‚ I plan on making this interview a positive experience for the client. In the initial contact‚ I plan to build rapport by advising the client of whom I am and my purpose. I will then have the client to fill out Form 5.8. This form
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Running head: MODEL OF NURSING CARE AND PATIENT SAFETY Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety October 10‚ 2009 Model of Nursing Care and Patient Safety The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the model of nursing care used in my facility‚ and how it relates to the American Nurses Code of Ethics (ANA) and patient safety guidelines. The hospital I worked for is a catholic based nonprofit organization‚ which uses Patient Centered Nursing Care model in most of the areas
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responsibilities‚ values‚ and philosophies that constitute the continuous development of case management. This paper explores the skills necessary for Intake and Assessment‚ and professional‚ ethical and legal responsibilities and describes two effective service delivery methods and theories. Nacy Summers (2008)‚ an author presented in a supplementary reading‚ defines Intake and Assessment as a respectful‚ systematic process of gathering personal information from either clients or clients’ caregivers‚ in “order
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discussing what medical terminology is‚ where it came from‚ and how it is applied to medical assistant careers as well as how it is applied to medical administration careers. I will give examples of the importance of medical terminology and specific examples of where medical careers use medical terminology on a day to day basis. I will also give a brief summary and definition of what medical terminology stands for. After reading my paper you should have a good concept of medical terminology’s importance
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(1998). Medical Waste Disposal at BRAC Health Centres: An Environmental Study Research and Evaluation Division‚ 75 Mohakhali C/A‚ Dhaka 1212 Akter N‚ Kazi NMA‚ Chowdhury MR (1999) BAN and HCWH (1999). Medical Waste in Developing Countries. An analysis with a case study of India‚ and A critique of the Basel -TWG guidelines. Basel Action Network (BAN) secretariat‚ Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange‚ 1827 39th Ave Shaner H (1997). Professional Development Series; Becoming a Mercury Free Facility: A Priority
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Food Intake - 3 Days Tia Wiggins SCI220 January 7‚ 2014 Professor Susan Fahrney MPH Food Intake - 3 Days For three days I had an assignment to do regarding my three day food intake on which I had to eat fast foods and record what my results were. I chose ChooseMyPlate.gov to document my food intakes‚ and it was very interesting to see what my report had revealed from my three days of eating. The foods that provided me with protein were chicken strips‚ chicken breast‚ a sausage link‚ chocolate
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implementing empowerment strategies to improve the quality of service provided to residents and guests. Search the internet for an example of such a company with particular emphasis on strategies used to empower front line staff. The basic source of providing competitive advantage and the customer satisfaction in the hotel enterprises is the employee. Empowerment applications play a significant role in increasing the employee’s productivity providing organizational efficiency. Interest in employee
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